Opis: Crime and Punishment in African American History - James Campbell

James Campbell provides an in-depth survey of crime, punishment and justice in African American history. Presenting cutting-edge scholarship on issues of criminal justice in African American history in an accessible way for students, he makes connections between black experiences of criminal justice and violence from the slave era to the present.Introduction PART I: SLAVERY TO FREEDOM Slave Resistance, Crime and Control Slavery and Criminal Justice Before the Civil War Reconstruction PART II: JIM CROW JUSTICE The State and the Mob: Lynching, Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty Punishment and Labour: Convict Leasing, Chain Gangs and Peonage Resisting Jim Crow Justice PART III: FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT Criminal Justice and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954-1972 The Modern Penal State Epilogue: Politics, Memory and Justice in Modern America Further Reading

Szczegóły: Crime and Punishment in African American History - James Campbell

Tytuł: Crime and Punishment in African American History
Autor: James Campbell
Producent: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230273818
Rok produkcji: 2012
Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.34 kg

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